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When the portal opens between Equestria and the human world, Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer are reunited, only for Twilight to find out something about her she did not know: Sunset is older than Twilight thought.
Much older.
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Was this inspired by Molinimous?
If so, okay.
Yeah, Sunset could be older than Twilight, like adult -adult
Not a young adult, an "old" one
Can't wait for more.
Wow right in the feels loved it
A fascinating and maybe unique fanfiction in concept. I'll be following this to see where it goes!
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Never even heard of it! Guess I have to go check it out, now.
And unfortunately, there is no more—oversight on my part listed a complete story as incomplete. Whoops!
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Thank you very much, because I loved writing this and I love seeing that others enjoyed reading it, as well.
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As said before, the incomplete listing is a mistake on my part😅 Hope you liked what's present regardless, though!
Well, that certainly wasn't what I expected when I clicked on this story. But it was a very good read, very heartfelt. Have a fave and a like.
One note, though, since my continuity OCD is asserting itself: We've seen in the comics that Sunset was indeed Celestia's student right before Twilight, and I mean immediately. In the EqG prequel comic, we can see a young Twilight playing with Cadence in a Canterlot park while Sunset is Celestia's student.
Based on that, you might want to add the Alternate Universe tag to this story.
While this was nice, I'm not sure I understand how sunset is still alive
In the phrasing of how she said it, Sunset reminds me of the character Lazarus Long, from Robert L. Heinlein's novel "Time Enough For Love". She has lived millennia traveling, living, running, experiencing to the nth degree what it means to be a sentient being. In a way, it took Twilight's crown to add a kind of summation to those experiences. I like how this story turned out; any chance of a sequel with this version of Sunset meeting Celestia?
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The canonicity of the comics is still debatable, so there's no need to create an AU tag if it contradicts them.
I would also like to know where the sad tag is
I found this somewhat difficult to read for the simple fact it is almost solely dialogue. Now, dialogue is all well and good, and what is here seems fitting. However, you include little interaction, and rather than letting us feel a view point character's feelings and emotions, we're just told through dialogue.
That's my biggest criticism here. This feels more like a screenplay rather than a story, and, as we're being told Sunset's backstory here, rather than shown, it comes across as duller than it honestly should be.
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There isn't really much you can do when you're in a graveyard, though I expected Twilight to be more ecstatic with Sunset's revelations
You know, I have to thank you for this little story. My Baba (grandmother) passed away a few hours ago, and I have a feeling that what Sunset has said about the passing of her parents is going to be repeated over the next few days.
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That's an issue with the story's execution as a whole, in all honesty. This is just a verbal story. I really don't think it can live up to its full potential just being told secondhand. If I were to redesign this idea, I'd have some dialogue, yes, to get the idea across, but also follow Sunset's perspective and have flashbacks with more intense scenes to liven things up.
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That'll be interesting to read
"You clean up that place and restore your parent's gravestones Sunset!"
Interesting, but lacking. Twilight "Fangirl" Sparkle takes the fact Sunset is over two thousand years old and studied & researched magic with those whose works she studies by and barely even comments about it? No questions on how the Tartarus a seemingly common Unicorn is the third oldest living being (or at least pony) in the world? Sorry, but this Twilight is extremely out of character, I'd say.
Other than that, a tad too much telly but otherwise an enjoyable story. Have a like, you earned it.
This was a sweet story, and I love the past you crafted for Sunset. Perhaps I missed it, but the only thing I feel this was missing is Twilight touching on 'How are you still alive?' for Sunset. Unless the other worlds had screwy time shenanigans going on, Sunset presumably should be dead of old age too.
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I agree with this sentiment. You've crafted an interesting idea, but it isn't explored well and Twilight seems to be there just to ask questions that prompt the next part of Sunset's backstory. The prose is nice, the concept is interesting, but the execution is lacking. And yeah, considering the main premise of the story is that Sunset is ancient, it's super weird that the question of HOW she's lived so long never comes up. To say nothing of why, after a few millennia of wandering around, Sunset was such an immature doofus in Equestria Girls.
I reviewed this story as part of Read It Now Reviews #110.
My review can be found here.
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The EQG comics are much less debatable, or at least have a much greater sense of continuity
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The same can be said about EG.
In the films she behaves like a teenager and not like being with 2000 years of experience.
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Eh, not really. Unlike the comics, EQ has been explicitly stated by McCarthy to be canon. Regardless, as an EQ story, this fic automatically takes them as canon, but whether they consider the comics to be canon to the story is up to the author, and wouldn't need the AU tag either way.
Unique little story I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Cool story, I'm just wondering how Sunset is still alive.
I liked the premise of this story, but was disappointed in the execution. Twilight seems like she is only there to prompt Sunset to continue, and she doesn't ask the right questions.
Still, you get a thumb. Decent technically. Nice premise. Not a favorite, but passable and will stay in my library for potential future rereading.